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BarrackView - goo.gl/maps/65Puy5LVYhy I think Mr Hogan was on the second floor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Barracks,_Dublin

Great photographic effort, for its day.

Sometimes flickr is amazing! Earlier via Paul O'Farrell And in 2018 via Liam O'Connell

From the NLI notes - 1st Battalion, 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment at their Ferozeshah Day Parade, in the Royal Barracks, Dublin, 1921. Ferozeshah Day was an annual commemoration for the regiment who took part in the in the Battle of Ferozeshah 21/22nd December 1845 during the First Sikh War in Northern India. From - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000218581

If it is December, there should be lots of long shadows. And closed barrack windows. Hmm ...

AI Overview

This image displays a historic trench map of Belgium, specifically Sheet 28 NW, Edition 4B, created at a scale of 1:20000.
This type of map was crucial during World War I, particularly in areas like Ypres, where trench warfare was prevalent.
The map likely details features such as trenches, tracks, dugouts, and possibly cemeteries, providing vital information for military operations.
Older versions of these maps, like the one shown, were often meticulously traced and updated to reflect changes in the battlefield.
The red markings on the map indicate corrected trench lines or other updated information, reflecting the dynamic nature of the front lines.

To My Chum

No more we’ll share the same old barn
The same old dug-out, same old yarn,
No more a tin of bully share
Nor split our rum by a star-shell’s glare
So long old lad.

What times we’ve had, both good and bad,
We’ve shared what shelter could be had,
The same crump-hole when the whizz-bangs shrieked,
The same old billet that always leaked,
And now – you’ve “stopped one”.

We’d weathered the storms two winters long
We’d managed to grin when all went wrong,
Because together we fought and fed,
Our hearts were light; but now – you’re dead
And I am mateless.

Well, old lad, here’s peace to you,
And for me, well, there’s my job to do,
For you and the others who are at rest
Assured may be that we’ll do our best
In vengeance.

Just one more cross by a strafed roadside,
With its G.R.C., and a name for guide,
But it’s only myself who has lost a friend,
And though I may fight through to the end,
No dug-out or billet will be the same,
All pals can only be pals in name,
But we’ll all carry on till the end of the game
Because you lie there.

The Wipers Times

Google map: maps.app.goo.gl/WgNoatRPeXd3kfEPA

[aside] Recommended - 'The Wipers Times' (2013) full movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYjdT6bXsqE

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wipers_Times

Near Ypres

maps.app.goo.gl/JojqHnqATQQz7nVj7

Humphhh! If Research Mary had just gone on two images to #24 we would have had several dogs! Very bad form!!!

Boo hoo! I am getting "403 Forbidden" pages for the NLI website (again!).

I see a shamrock on the door of the bottom left car (Ford Model T ? ).

There are dogs here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OZfg5w6aRM

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Humphhh! If only Morning Mary could get over her canine obsession! ;)

I wonder if after the war(s) these locations have been reduced to rubble.

CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY Was wondering the same thing.